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beat1 /biːt/ ●●● S2 W2 verb (past tensepst beat, past participlepp beaten /ˈbiːtn/) → beet
1  competition/election 比賽/競選 [transitiveT]BEAT/DEFEAT to get the most points, votes etc in a game, race, or competition 擊敗，打敗，戰勝 SYN defeat
Brazil were beaten 2–1.
巴西隊以1比2告負。
Labour easily beat the Conservatives in the last election.
工黨在上一屆選舉中輕鬆擊敗保守黨。
beat somebody at/in something
I beat him more often at pool than he beats me.
我和他打落袋台球勝多負少。
beat somebody hollow British EnglishBrE, beat the pants off somebody American EnglishAmE (=defeat them easily) 把某人打得落花流水
2  hit 打 [transitiveT]HIT to hit someone or something many times with your hand, a stick etc 〔多次〕擊打
photographs of rioters beating a policeman
暴徒毆打一名警察的照片
He was questioned and beaten.
他受到了審問和拷打。
The woman had been beaten to death by her husband.
那女子已被丈夫毆打致死。
Two prisoners were beaten unconscious.
兩名囚犯被打昏過去。
beat somebody black and blue (=hit someone until it makes marks on their body) 把某人打得青一塊紫一塊
beat the living daylights out of somebody (=beat someone very hard) 把某人打得半死
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3  hit against 碰撞 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]HIT to hit against something many times or continuously 〔多次或連續〕撞擊，拍打
beat on/against/at etc
Waves beat against the cliffs.
海浪拍打着懸崖。
rain beating on the windows
敲打着窗戶的雨滴
Sid beat on the door with his hand.
錫德用手打門。
4  do better 做得更好BETTER [transitiveT] to do something better, faster etc than what was best before 打破〔記錄〕；突破
beat a record/score etc
The record set by Kierson in '84 has yet to be beaten.
基爾遜在1984年創下的記錄至今無人打破。
The company’s profits are unlikely to beat last year’s £10 million.
公司不太可能突破去年的一千萬英鎊利潤。
5  be better 更好 [transitiveT not in progressive] especially spokenBETTER to be much better and more enjoyable than something else 賽過，勝過
Fresh milk beats powdered milk any time.
新鮮牛奶任何時候都比奶粉好。
beat doing something
‘Well, ’ said Culley, ‘it beats going to the office.’
“好吧，”卡利說，“那總比到辦公室去好。”
You can’t beat swimming as a good all-body exercise.
遊泳是再好不過的全身運動。
Nothing beats homemade cake.
什麽也比不上家裏做的蛋糕。
you can’t beat something (for something)
For excitement, you just can’t beat college basketball.
要說刺激，沒有什麽可以跟大學籃球賽比。
6  food 食物 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]MIX to mix things together quickly with a fork or special kitchen machine 攪拌，攪打
Beat the eggs, then add the milk.
把雞蛋攪一攪，然後加入牛奶。
beat something in
Gradually beat in the sugar.
一邊打，一邊慢慢地加入糖。
beat something together
Beat the butter and sugar together until fluffy.
把黃油和糖混在一起攪打到鬆軟爲止。
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7  control/deal with 控制/應付 [transitiveT] to successfully deal with a problem that you have been struggling with 克服，戰勝〔困難〕 SYN conquer
advice on how to beat depression
如何戰勝憂鬱症的建議
the government’s long fight to beat inflation
政府爲抑制通貨膨脹所進行的長期鬥爭
8  heart 心 [intransitiveI]HBHM when your heart beats, it moves in a regular rhythm as it pumps your blood 〔心髒〕跳（動）
The average person’s heart beats 70 times a minute.
一般人的心跳是一分鐘70次。
Jennifer’s heart was beating fast.
珍妮弗心跳得很快。
9. drums 鼓 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]CAPM if you beat drums, or if drums beat, they make a regular continuous sound 擊（鼓），打（鼓）；〔鼓〕敲響
10. wings 翅膀 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]HBB if a bird beats its wings, or if its wings beat, they move up and down quickly and regularly 拍打〔翅膀〕；〔翅膀〕有節奏地拍動 SYN flap
11  take some beating BEAT/DEFEATif something or someone will take some beating, it will be difficult for anyone or anything to be or do better 難以超過
Raikkonen has 42 points, which will take some beating.
萊科甯得到42分，很難超越。
Florida takes some beating as a vacation destination.
佛羅裏達是個難得的度假勝地。
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take some beating• As a great place for a vacation, Florida takes some beating.• Schumacher has a twelve-second lead, which will take some beating.• And the valley of the River Wharfe takes some beating.• As family Christmasses go, the gruesome Moons in their storm-lashed failing farm take some beating.• As far as awful games go this one takes some beating.• For sheer enjoyment of climbing at this standard the routes on the Clapis sector the Dentelles de Montmirail take some beating.• For styling and interior comfort, both for pilots and passengers, it certainly takes some beating.• Did they complain about the Fujitsu factory, which takes some beating when one is considering eyesores?• He is sure to take some beating with more enterprising tactics and can hand out a lesson in the New University Maiden.
12  EARLYavoid 避免 [transitiveT] to avoid situations in which a lot of people are trying to do something, usually by doing something early 避開，避免
We left at four a.m. to beat the traffic.
我們淩晨四點就出發了，以避開交通擁堵。
Shopping by mail order lets you beat the queues.
郵購可免去排隊之苦。
Shop now and beat the Christmas rush!
欲購從速，避開聖誕高峰！
13  do before SB else 先於别人做某事 [transitiveT] informalLOSE A GAME, COMPETITION, OR WAR to get or do something before someone else, especially if you are both trying to do it first 搶在…前面
beat somebody to something
John had beaten me to the breakfast table.
約翰搶在我前面跑到早餐桌邊。
I wanted the last piece of pie, but somebody beat me to it.
我想吃那最後一塊餡餅，可是有人搶先一步拿走了。
They wanted to make it into a film, but another studio beat them to the punch.
他們想把它拍成電影，可是被另一家電影公司捷足先登了。
14  beat about/around the bush DELAYto avoid or delay talking about something embarrassing or unpleasant 〔說話〕轉彎抹角，旁敲側擊
Don’t beat around the bush. Ask for your account to be paid, and paid quickly.
别轉彎抹角的，就跟人明說拿錢來把賬結了，馬上結掉。
Examples from the Corpus
beat about/around the bush• Don't beat about the bush.• Eliot did not beat about the bush.• I am not a person to beat about the bush.• I meant to be open with him but when it came to it I beat about the bush.• Let us stop beating about the bush.• She winced at their infelicities, at the clumsy way they beat about the bush.• No need to beat about the bush sweetie.
15  beat the system DISOBEYto find ways of avoiding or breaking the rules of an organization, system etc, in order to achieve what you want 鑽制度的空子
Accountants know a few ways to beat the system.
當會計的多少知道一點鑽制度空子的辦法。
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beat the system• There's a limit on how much luggage you can take on a plane, but there are ways to beat the system.• A special unit will be set up to stop crooks beating the system.• Prosecutors have warned that broader use of lie detectors will only give criminals another way to beat the system.• You can't beat the system and shouldn't want to, because it represents a co-operative progress towards shared goals.• Very few beat the system and those who did were not much encouraged by Bloomsbury House.• The brazen response of some was to smirk, for beating the system-any system-was a legitimate aspiration.• Gomez tried to beat the system by moving his money between his bank and investment accounts.• If we can not beat the system, how can we get it to work for us?• Available as both saloon and fastback, the Rover 820 Si 16v is designed to beat the system on two counts.
16  beat a path to somebody’s door  (also beat down somebody’s door)GO if people beat a path to your door, they are interested in something you are selling, a service you are providing etc 踏破某人的門檻〔指對某人出售的東西或提供的服務等感興趣〕
The new design was supposed to have consumers beating a path to their door.
這款新的設計預計將會吸引大批顧客。
Examples from the Corpus
beat a path to somebody’s door• People are going to beat a path from all over to play these golf courses.
17  beat a (hasty) retreat to leave somewhere or stop doing something very quickly, in order to avoid a bad situation 〔爲避免困境〕（趕緊）溜走，（匆忙）撤退
He beat a hasty retreat when he spotted me.
他一看到我就趕緊溜走了。
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beat a (hasty) retreat• Any females which are not ripe will either stay away or beat a hasty retreat.• Objects and fantasy are then used not as a means of venturing out, but to beat a retreat.• They were forced to beat a hasty retreat and arrived at their rendezvous with Morris's patrol on time.• With decks awash with diesel we beat a hasty retreat back to Lerwick.• Then, thanking him, I beat a hasty retreat to the sacristy door and knocked.• He beat a hasty retreat when he spotted me approaching, but it was not hasty enough.• Appointees interviewed repeated a familiar theme: They all loved their jobs but are beating a retreat without regret.
18  beat the clock to finish something very quickly, especially before a particular time 提前完成
The company managed to beat the clock on delivering its new system.
公司終於提前發布了新的系統。
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beat the clock• Secondly, it has to beat the clock.• Sometimes I wake early to beat the clock.• Use a timer and ask the student to beat the clock.• Their aim - to beat the clock and each other in a competition to find the fastest draw in the country.
 SPOKEN PHRASES
24. beat the rap AVOID American EnglishAmE informal to avoid being punished for something you have done 逃脫懲罰
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beat the rap• Frye was arrested on state and federal charges, but he managed to beat the rap.• He's been indicted three times, but beat the rap each time.• He's been arrested on federal charges three times and has beaten the rap every time.
25  beat time APMto make regular movements or sounds to show the speed at which music should be played 打拍子
a conductor beating time with his baton
用指揮棒打拍子的樂隊指揮
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beat time• In employment systems, after all, people are not mustered to play together as their manager beats time.• Significantly, he follows the use of conducteur by recalling more recent occasions on which he beat time.• It is not true that elsewhere they obey it without beating it, since one beats time wherever choruses are sung.• a conductor beating time with his baton• The lord began to tap his foot and beat time with his hand against his thigh.• At one stage, he joined her, pacing with her, beating time with one hand.
26. beat a path/track to make a path by walking over an area of land 踏出一條小路
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beat a path/track• Most of the sites the company has in mind to visit are far off any beaten path.• Soon it is not going to be so easy to get off the beaten path.• They are off the beaten track.• To say that Crenshaw is off the beaten path is an understatement.• Sights sight that's off the beaten track or when time is include Stratford-upon-Avon, Hadrian's Wall, limited.• I called on the Birth Grandmother to help me beat a path through the honyaek to the windows.• The students - and their professors - beat a path to his door.• It has become such an attraction that local tour operators are beating a path to its door.
27  to beat the band LOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNT American EnglishAmE informal in large amounts or with great force 大量地；大力地
It’s raining to beat the band.
現在正下着傾盆大雨。
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to beat the band• It's raining to beat the band.
28  beat the heat COLD American EnglishAmE informal to make yourself cooler 去暑，解熱
Fresh lemonade is a great way to beat the heat.
喝新鮮檸檬水是解熱的好辦法。
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beat the heat• Strawberries in wine is a festive way to beat the heat.• We were up and off early to beat the heat.
29. metal 金屬 (also beat out) [transitiveT]HCMTI to hit metal with a hammer in order to shape it or make it thinner 錘打，〔用錘〕敲打
30. hunting 打獵 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]DSO to force wild birds and animals out of bushes, long grass etc so that they can be shot for sport 將（獵物）趕出〔樹叢、草叢等〕
31. beat your breast literaryUPSET to show clearly that you are very upset or sorry about something 捶胸頓足〔表示難過或愧疚〕
→ beaten, beating
n COLLOCATIONS
adverbs
easily beat somebody
Jason easily beats me at chess every time we play.
narrowly beat somebody (=by only a few points, votes etc)
New Zealand narrowly beat the Springboks in South Africa.
comfortably beat somebody (=by more than a few points, votes etc)
He comfortably beat the second placed candidate.
soundly beat somebody (=by a lot of points, votes etc)
In each event she soundly beat her opponents.
beat somebody hands down (=beat someone very easily)
He should be able to beat them all hands down.
comprehensively beat somebody (=by a lot of points, votes etc)
There’s no point trying to offer excuses as to why we were so comprehensively beaten.
convincingly beat somebody (=in a way that clearly shows someone deserves to win)
Mexico convincingly beat Brazil 2–0.
phrases
beat somebody into second/third etc place
He was beaten into second place in the Monaco Grand Prix.
 THESAURUS
beat to get more points, votes etc than someone. Beat is used especially in spoken English 擊敗，戰勝〔尤用於口語〕
We should have beaten them easily.
我們本來應該能夠輕鬆擊敗他們。
I always beat my brother at tennis.
打網球我總是赢我弟弟。
defeat to beat someone. Defeat is more formal than beat and is used especially in writing 打敗，擊敗〔defeat比beat正式，尤用於書面語〕
England were defeated by 2 goals to 1.
英格蘭隊以一比二敗北。
Bush defeated Kerry in the election.
布什在大選中擊敗了克裏。
trounce /traʊns/ to defeat someone completely in a game 〔體育比賽中〕徹底打敗，擊潰
They were trounced 20–0 by Kuwait.
他們以0比20慘敗給科威特隊。
thrash British EnglishBrE informal, cream American EnglishAmE informal to beat someone very easily in a game 〔體育比賽中〕輕取，輕鬆擊敗
Of course, they totally creamed the other team.
當然，他們輕鬆擊敗了另一隊。
nI hope we thrash them!
wipe the floor with somebody informal to beat someone completely in a game or argument 〔在體育比賽或爭論中〕徹底擊敗某人；把某人駁得體無完膚
She wiped the floor with her opponent in the debate.
她在辯論中把對手駁得體無完膚。
nThey won a £1,000 prize after wiping the floor with the opposition in a bowling competition.
 PHRASAL VERBS
Examples from the Corpus
beat• Lewis was a tough boxer, and a hard man to beat.• Hey, it beats a bake sale.• Back then, girls were told that they could never beat a boy at tennis.• Jake's home-made burgers beat anything you can get at fast-food restaurants.• Whatever Messrs Mondale, Foot and Kinnock said about raising taxes in the 1980s, they were going to be beaten anyway.• It's not a particularly good job, but it certainly beats being unemployed.• It was clear that she had been badly beaten by her husband.• My Father used to let me beat him at chess.• Following the incident with the boy a Dig Daddy style man had gone to his door and beaten him up.• But UMass still won on the road against a team that should have beaten it.• Brazil beat Italy in the final.• He used to come home drunk and beat my mother.• Children were beating on different kinds of drums.• Convention delegates were beaten, stabbed, and shot promiscuously by the police.• On the ultrasound machine, I could see the baby's heart beating strongly.• Teachers are no longer allowed to beat students who misbehave.• Beat the cream into the fruit puree, pour into bowls, and chill.• Beat the eggs and pour in the milk.• Carry on beating the eggs with a fork until they're light and fluffy.• Do you think the Socialists will beat the Liberals in the election?• Osborne wanted to beat the living daylights out of Flanagan.• Police officers had beaten the man with their batons.• No one has figured out how to beat the problem of rodents eating the crops.• My torso and my wrists felt as though Edna had beaten them with sticks.• In a separate bowl, beat together the oil and flour.• Slaves were sometimes beaten with sticks or even whipped.
beaten to death• A Chancellor of the Exchequer who had failed to prevent thieves penetrating his treasury was summarily beaten to death.• And when he himself was nearly beaten to death.• Her body will be covered with bruises, as if she had been beaten to death.• Recalcitrants were chained, starved and beaten to death.• In Westport, a 3-year-old boy was beaten to death after wetting his pants, authorities allege.• Apparently, he was beaten to death and, as a result, swore that he would for ever haunt the local area.• In the minutes that followed, McDuffie was beaten to death by a group of Dade County police officers.• We don't see gays being beaten to death in our country because of their sexuality.
beat on/against/at etc• This type of groove should be played very tight, smack on the beat at all times, but with a little bounce.• With an electric mixer, beat at low speed until moistened and then at medium speed for 3 minutes.• Blend at lowest speed 30 seconds and then beat at medium speed 3 minutes.• The rain beat against my face, pasted my hair to my scalp, ran down my neck.• Recovering, Emmie seized the thin old hearthrug and began to beat at the flames.• When the sun is at its highest, it beats on the wall.• A young man was beaten on two occasions but never arrested for anything.
you can’t beat something (for something)• For romance, you can't beat the Rainbow Lodge.
beat ... to it• Book now before you're beaten to it!• Bridget had only just beaten her to it.• Gloria had beaten me to it.• Martin learnt later that another team had beaten him to it.• The Aldam family from Guildford have beaten them to it.• Gary had beaten them to it, and had demanded contributions for the mission.• He'd beaten Danny Crompton to it that time.
Related topics: Colours & sounds, Music, Police
beat2 ●●○ S3 noun
1  [countableC]HIT one of a series of regular movements or hitting actions 〔連續有節奏的〕跳動，敲擊
a heart rate of 80 beats a minute
一分鐘80跳的心率
the steady beat of the drum
節奏均勻的鼓聲
2  [singular]CSOUND a regular repeated noise 有節奏的聲音 SYN rhythm
beat of
the beat of marching feet
列隊行進的腳步聲
3  [countableC]APM the main rhythm that a piece of music or a poem has 〔音樂或詩歌的〕節奏
a song with a beat you can dance to
帶有舞蹈節奏的一首歌曲
4  [singular]SCP a subject or area of a city that someone is responsible for as their job 〔某人在工作中〕負責的領域，轄區
journalists covering the Washington beat
駐華盛頓地區的新聞記者
on the beat
People like to see police officers on the beat.
人們願意看到有警察在執勤巡邏。
5. [countableC]APM one of the notes in a piece of music that sounds stronger than the other notes 節拍，拍子
Examples from the Corpus
beat• My heart lurched and seemed to miss a beat, but I went on reading calmly, though the print was blurred.• But beat duty was of course not the only punitive experience for the rank-and-file policeman.• Their new song has a good beat that you can dance to.• Multiply the number of beats by six to get the number of heart beats per minute.• journalists covering the political beat• I could hear the rapid beat of his heart and him breathing all funny.• But for some beat constables, there was another possibility.• The more rum punch, the better the beat!• Police on the beat are feeling increasingly vulnerable.• Jessica moved her hips to the beat of the music.• The beat was the only genuinely musical element in it, of course.
beat of• the slow beat of the drum
on the beat• He called for more bobbies on the beat, an end to court delays and reform of prisons.• Ian Westwood, head of the federation's Manchester branch, blamed the demise of the traditional bobby on the beat.• Rain could shape every incident on the beat.• Eighty percent of you feel that having more police officers on the beat would certainly alleviate your fears.• police officers on the beat• I would like to see more police on the beat.• This type of groove should be played very tight, smack on the beat at all times, but with a little bounce.• Men were sometimes on the beat twenty-one out of twenty-four hours during the transition between day and night duty.• In his years on the beat, Cowgill earned a reputation for fearlessness.
beat3 adjectiveadj [not before noun]
1 informalTIRED very tired 累壞的 SYN exhausted
I’m beat.
我累壞了。
Come and sit down – you must be dead beat.
過來坐下吧，你肯定累壞了。
► see thesaurus at tired
Origin beat1
Old English beatan

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